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Development of Occupational Safety and Health in Nigeria
- Start activities
- 09/07/2019
- End activities
- 04/09/2020
- Partner Institution
- Safety Advocacy and Empowerment Foundation
- Type of Assistance
- Individual capacity building (human resources development)
- Code
- 2019-13
- Description
- A series of training sessions and a study visit to Germany have addressed the partner’s request to promote a preventative safety and health culture in the workplace. The Safety Advocacy and Empowerment Foundation cooperates with the Lagos State Safety Commission in view to ensure the adequate occupational safety and health preventive and reactive measures are in place in the factories and firms of one of the most industrialized regions in the whole Africa. Training delivered by experts belonging to the German Association of Accident Insurance (DGUV) concerned principles of prevention, assessing risks in the workplace, the ‘Vision Zero’ concept, and the specific area of road safety.
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Support to the Implementation of an Employment Injury Insurance System for Malawi
- Start activities
- 24-06-2018
- End activities
- 29-03-2019
- Partner Institution
- Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development
- Type of Assistance
- Individual capacity building (human resources development)
- Code
- 2018-02
- Description
- The SOCIEUX+ contribution was mainly directed to uphold the current, joint Government of Malawi – ILO efforts towards the establishment of the Workers Compensation Scheme for Malawi. The Government of Malawi has embarked on the process of establishing a social insurance-based employment injury insurance system through the Workers Compensation Fund. The system is to replace the existing employer-liability system and functions on the basis of risk pooling. This reform entails the development of a system that mandatorily collects appropriate premiums from all employers and provides compensation towards injured workers from a Government-managed fund.
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Developing of a policy for occupational health and safety in the public administration
- Start activities
- 05/03/2018
- End activities
- 16/03/2018
- Partner Institution
- National Directorate of Public Administration - Ministry of Finances [Direcção Nacional da Administração Pública - Ministério das Finanças]
- Type of Assistance
- Institutional Strengthening
- Code
- 2017-22
- Description
- On the demand of the National Directorate of Public Administration of the Ministry of Finance of Cabo Verde, the main objective of this action was to assess the health and safety situation in the workplace in the public administration. During a single exploratory activity, information on partnerships, internal functioning, delegation system, procedural organization of services, hazard management, system of governance and management teams, was compiled and shared with relevant stakeholders by a Portuguese expert. That information was intended to feed a systemic diagnosis of the organization and services and to formulate a way forward to their improvement.
